Tuesday, December 13, 2011

When will the video game 'bubble' burst?

It is nice that the video game industry is making more profits per year, but surely there will be a time when the industry's bubble will eventually burst as did during the dotcom boom in the late 1990s and more recently the housing boom that brought concerns over mortgage and credit in the United States and the world. When will the video game bubble will eventually burst?When will the video game 'bubble' burst?
I think it's fast approaching. We're seeing a serious downfall of standards and substance vs. gimmicks and quick production.When will the video game 'bubble' burst?
i think its somewhat going on right now, as evidenced in a next gen game needing to move a million units to be profitable.if the industry gets costs under control and starts acting more like a media industry like music and movies, and less like a toy industry, i think it can solidify itself.
I don't know... I think the hardcore market is sustainable, but the new casual craze seems like it could fall apart sooner or later. I think a lot of casual gamers might realize that it might be more fun to go out and go bowling in real life and ditch the whole 'casual simulation' experience offered by Wii Sports, Rock Band, and Guitar Hero.
Yeah definitely. Games don't seem to be at some standard of what we expect nowadays, especially with the technology available now.
It already did in the 80's.Can it happen again? Sure, but it's doubtful. Gaming has established itself beyond that of a fad. It's played by young and old alike, and as much as I thought Nintendo was full of it with their ''expanding the base'' talk, their vision proved right. There are all sorts of questions about the future -- like how shoddy hardware reliability and high cost of admission will affect things, or the quality/crap ratio. But I don't think videogaming will ever crash like it did in the 80's. That's as close to dead as I've ever seen a product be. The fact that it not only made a resurgence, but continues to thrive is just amazing, but I think that's more of a testament to the concept. People want to be entertained in their homes. It's why people buy big-ass televisions and expensive home theatre systems instead of going to a theatre. Videogames are established as a form of home entertainment now instead of being just a fad or a gimmick. I think there will be recessions in the industry, but I don't think it'll ever see a true crash like the one in the 80's. And thank God for that. That just absolutely sucked.
when people get over shaking a stick (or wiimote) I can see that the videogame industry might take a hit
Never, will there be bad times, probably but thats about it. Gaming is here to stay, its a huge entertainment media, right up there with movies and music. The industry keeps on growing and growing, its remarkable really.
[QUOTE=''dvader654'']Never, will there be bad times, probably but thats about it. Gaming is here to stay, its a huge entertainment media, right up there with movies and music. The industry keeps on growing and growing, its remarkable really. [/QUOTE] this is true but i think they really shoot themselves in the foot with the whole holiday focus. if they did not do that, some games would not be rushed out in order to make that deadline. we would not have the horrible summer drouts. and due to things being spread out, some of us - including myself - would buy more games. its hard to drop hundreds and hundreds of dollars around the holiday because most of the good stuff comes out then. i also skip some games completely because there is so much quality stuff this time of year, i forget about some of the lesser titles.
[QUOTE=''OneWingedAngeI''] [QUOTE=''dvader654'']Never, will there be bad times, probably but thats about it. Gaming is here to stay, its a huge entertainment media, right up there with movies and music. The industry keeps on growing and growing, its remarkable really. [/QUOTE] this is true but i think they really shoot themselves in the foot with the whole holiday focus. if they did not do that, some games would not be rushed out in order to make that deadline. we would not have the horrible summer drouts. and due to things being spread out, some of us - including myself - would buy more games. its hard to drop hundreds and hundreds of dollars around the holiday because most of the good stuff comes out then. i also skip some games completely because there is so much quality stuff this time of year, i forget about some of the lesser titles.[/QUOTE]That is true, I would love it if they spread it out to more. But think about it, movies tend to focus on certain periods of the year as well. Its a much larger period of time than gaming but the summer months and the last two months of the year are when most of the box office mega hits come out. With TV you have garbage during the summer, and extreme focus during sweeps. So each industry has down time and times where a bunch of stuff hit its just that gaming has a much smaller window than most.
good point, i hadn't thought of that. it still sucks because with the amount of greatness this year, we could have covered the entire calendar with great releases, instead of just a couple months. months in which i have to be ready for finals. bastards.

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